Marco Odermatt earns a third straight World Cup overall title with a 10th giant slalom win in a row (e-ed)

Published 9:29 pm Saturday, February 24, 2024

Marco Odermatt clinched his third consecutive World Cup overall title on Saturday by claiming a 10th giant slalom victory in a row.

The 26-year-old from Switzerland has been so dominant this season that he is assured of taking home the crystal globe for having the most points in the standings even though there are still 10 of 38 races remaining on the schedule.

Odermatt’s win at the Palisades Tahoe resort boosted his total to 1,702 points, a whopping 1,001 ahead of Manuel Feller’s 701. Each victory is worth 100 points, so there is no way Odermatt can be caught.

Under a bright sun and blue sky, with the temperature approaching 50 degrees Fahrenheit, Odermatt completed two runs Saturday in a combined time of 2 minutes, 11.69 seconds.

That allowed him to finish 0.12 seconds ahead of Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen, who earned his first podium placing of the season.

No other ski racer came within a second of Odermatt on Saturday. American River Radamus was 1.37 seconds back in third for the first World Cup podium of his career. Bend’s Tommy Ford finished 20th on the day.

Odermatt has won all seven GS races this season, adding to the three-event streak with which he closed out last season.

There is a men’s slalom at Palisades Tahoe on Sunday.

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